Today on The Chris Duel Show I debuted "Salty's Shakedown," a new segment where I give my take on my top 3 hot stories of the day. While I will mostly be sticking to sports with this segment I will throw in some pop culture and local flare from time to time. If you ever have a story you'd like me to consider for the segment hit me up on social media. You can also send me your takes on the Salty Shakedown stories as well. I'd love to read them. Twitter is always the best way to reach me.
Below are the first three Salty Shakedown stories.
Kevin Durant is sidelined due to COVID-19 protocol again
Kevin Durant was one of the first big names in Sports to announce he had been diagnosed with COVID-19 back when this all seemed like it would be over within a matter of weeks. Kevin Durant was out all of last season due to rehabbing an injury he suffered while with the Warriors. Durant no doubt had been looking forward to the start of the '20-'21 season to not only play but play with his guy Kyrie. The pair were supposed to be the next big thing. Well early on in the season KD was sidelined for contact tracing measures. The NBA does not have a different set of protocols for those with anti-bodies and those without. Following KD's return, the team later added James Harden to the roster. It's taken a couple of games but the big three seem to have found a nice balance, at least on the offensive side of the ball. But then, on Feb 5th Durant was pulled mid-game when it was announced a Nets staff member who had been around KD multiple times had a positive COVID-19 test.
Why weren't those test results available BEFORE the game!? Is it worth the risk of having your star player, your star of stars out for 7 days and multiple games. I. Think. Not.
Tom Brady sent goodnight texts to teammates ahead of the Super Bowl
Look. I'm tired of Tom Brady. He wins too damn much. It leaves nothing for the rest of us. But the truth is, Tom Brady is a great competitor and teammate both on and off the field and that has helped lead him to the now 7 Super Bowl wins he has on his resume. Following Tampa Bay's Championship Bucs players revealed that every night leading up to the Super Bowl Tom Brady would text the team 3 words at 11:00 PM. "We. Will. Win."
Simple and yet clearly effective as the Bucs toppled the Chiefs in the Super Bowl 31 - 9.
Randi Mahomes is the ultimate soccer football mom
Patrick Mahomes is good at football. His brother is good at TikTok. His mom is good....at calling people out on Twitter. I'm sure every parent wants to see their kid do well, especially in the games that matter most. And for some, it's probably hard to sit back and watch as the chances of a win slip away and there is nothing you can do about it. We get it. That being said, don't tweet about it. Randi Mahomes a.k.a Mrs. Quarterback Producer as she sometimes goes by was none-to-pleased with the officiating during Sunday's Super Bowl that she felt it necessary to call out the refs on social media and tagged Gisele while she was at it. What did the former Super Model ever do to you? Nothing. What good is that tweet going to do? None. It just draws extra and unwanted attention to your son who is already dealing with enough. So please, let this be a lesson. Think before you Tweet.
For those wanting to listen to today's Salty Shakedown the segment begins at the 1:02:30 mark of the show.